Roundup is a deadly weed killer that has the potential to have a deadly effect on your body.

Roundup Kills Human Cells

In 2009, French researchers published a scientific paper in the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology, showing that low levels of four glyphosate formulations used in Roundup all have the ability to kill human umbilical, embryonic, and placental cells within 24 hours. The levels that are able to do this are far below what is allowed in agriculture, meaning the levels that are sprayed onto our food crops is very high and very deadly.

Roundup Kills Your Gut

Glyphosate is not just an herbicide. It is also registered as an antimicrobial agent in the U.S. because it has the ability to wipe out a wide variety of pathogenic organisms. The issue with this is that harmful pathogens like Salmonella, and E. coli are able to survive in the gut, but the positive ones like microorganisms, bacillus, and lactobacillus are killed off. This creates a very unhealthy imbalance for your digestive tract, causing problems like “leaky gut”.

Roundup Does Not Even Work!

The craziest thing about the Roundup craze is that the famed weed killer is not even really working any more. Genetically engineering crop seeds to have the ability to live through herbicide sprayings that would normally kill the crop is a losing battle. Roundup has actually fueled the emergence of nearly impossible-to-kill superweeds.

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Because glyphosate-resistant GE crops are beginning to fail miserably, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering the approval of an even nastier GE seed that is designed to survive dousing of glyphosate and the highly toxic, older 2.4-D weed killer. This technique is called stacking and it is expected to dramatically increase the amount of 2.4-D used on our food. 2.4-D has been linked to hypothyroidism, suppressed immune function, Parkinson’s disease, and cancer.

The EPA should not be allowed to do this, especially considering the name of the agency says that it exists to protect our environment.

What Can We Do?

We can avoid consuming these harmful chemicals by putting our money where our mouth is. Supporting local, organic farms and businesses will give corporations and agencies like the EPA a clear message.

Ariana Marisol is a contributing staff writer for REALfarmacy.com. She is an avid nature enthusiast, gardener, photographer, writer, hiker, dreamer, and lover of all things sustainable, wild, and free. Ariana strives to bring people closer to their true source, Mother Nature. She graduated The Evergreen State College with an undergraduate degree focusing on Sustainable Design and Environmental Science. Follow her adventures on Instagram.